Walnut Grove Cemetery

Historic cemetery in Massachusetts, United States
United States historic place
Walnut Grove Cemetery
42°43′23″N 71°11′27″W / 42.72306°N 71.19083°W / 42.72306; -71.19083
Built1853
MPSMethuen MRA
NRHP reference No.84002444[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 20, 1984

Walnut Grove Cemetery is a historic cemetery at Grove and Railroads Streets in Methuen, Massachusetts. The still active cemetery sits on 14 acres (5.7 ha) and is privately funded with a board of directors. The cemetery was established in 1853, and was laid out in the then-popular rural cemetery style. The Tenney Memorial Chapel given by the Daniel G. Tenney in 1927 as a memorial to his parents Charles H. Tenney and Fannie Haseltine (Gleason) Tenney.[2] The chapel was designed by architect Grosvenor Atterbury. The earliest burial is estimated to be about 1850; whereas the number of burials before 1960 is unknown, there have been 896 burials since 1960.

Walnut Grove Cemetery

The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Walnut Grove Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-05.

External links

  • Walnut Grove Cemetery at Find a Grave
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